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Typhonic

//taɪˈfɒnɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to a typhoon. not-comparable

    "a typhonic gale"

  2. 2
    Of or relating to Typhon or, by interpretatio graeca, his Egyptian equivalent Set.

    "It has been a matter of considerable difficulty to secure the evidence furnished in the Notes that these animals were Typhonic, symbols of Set, and ultimately reprobated representations in Egyptian art, subject to the destruction which has made the statuettes of the Typhonic God himself of highest rarity in the Museums."

Etymology

From Typhon + -ic.

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